Crater Lake National Park News

Late last summer a cluster of lightning strikes ignited a series of blazes in and around the Sky Lakes Wilderness that burned about 21,000 acres.

Logging Near Crater Lake? Crater Lake, Oregon's only national park, faces logging near the boundaries of the forest that surrounds the deep blue volcanic lake, according the environmental group Oregon Wild.

The Lady of the Woods, Crater Lake National Park. Photo by Rob Mutch. Lady of the Woods is the figure of a woman carved from a large volcanic boulder in Crater Lake National Park .

Entrance fees will be waived Saturday and Sunday at Crater Lake National Park. It's one of three weekends when fees will not be charged at the entrance to Oregon's lone national park.

This might be a good weekend to visit Crater Lake National Park during their Fee Free Weekend.

Crater Lake's Cleetwood Trail from the caldera rim to the lake is open, as are all roads in the park.

The drum beating for a dedicated arts funding stream just got louder and faster, though not necessarily clearer or more definite.

Snow has been cleared to allow the opening of the north entrance road at Crater Lake National Park.

The north entrance to Crater Lake National Park has opened. Although 25 inches of snow remain at the park headquarters, the final section of road into the park has opened today.

Crater Lake National Park is a gem found high in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon.

Crater Lake National Park and three other federal parks and monuments in Oregon will receive $1 million in federal stimulus money for upgrades.

Southern Oregon will claim a tiny share of $750 million in stimulus money to restore and repair national parks nationwide.

Oregon has lots of beautiful country. The scenic views of waterfalls, the ocean, forests, and mountains are gorgeous to see.

" National park visitors now have some additional help with trip planning - " not where to go, but rather how to get there.

Mount St. Helens looking north toward Mount Ranier. Would Mount St. Helens be better managed and treated with dignity if it were a national park? . I question that.

When it comes to pioneering research on the formation of Crater Lake, world-famous volcanologist Howel Williams has long towered among earth-science experts.

They were lined up to see one of Shakespeare's more gruesome tragedies, but as the theatergoers waited on the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's patio Friday night, they were all smiles.

Multnomah Falls during the December '08 snow storm. This section of the Columbia River, from Wasco County downstream to Columbia County, has one of the most beautiful locales in Oregon _ the Columbia River ...

Dr. Ingrid Kessler at the Emergency Veterinary Hospital in Springfield says nutria can bite, scratch and cause serious damage -- especially if prompted by an eager dog.

When I lived with my older sister in Portland, Ore., the summer after my sophomore year, we did cool things like camp and hike around Crater Lake National Park, pick blueberries on Sauvies Island, visit a ...